Beau's Lameness, & we had a HHO visitor!

[Blizzard]

I had the vet out again today as Beau still isnt right.

He is totally sound on the straight on any surface, 99% sound on the left rein, but very lame on the right rein, talking 10metre circles tightness.

So the vet came, I trotted him up, she couldnt see any lameness, did the same on the road,it was only when I lunged him on his right rein he was lame, and she like me couldnt belive how lame he was considering he is fine on the straight.

I mentioned about his shoe having been too tight but it was sorted now, she did some foot tests and established the lameness was coming from a sore spot on the outside of his right fore, at the back quarter.

So fingers crossed the week of bute might sort him out and its only bruising.

she said at this stage he doesnt need nerve blocks.

I was very impressed with her because the last vet I had was scared to go near him, and i had to do the flexion tests on him myself, she then turned around and said he was lame in the shoulder...and said he needed to be sent away for x rays and MRI...all this from not even touching him!

todays vet was super, she was patient but firm with Beau, he is genuinely scared after his bad experience, but we did have to twitch him to vaccinate him because he was getting himself into a tizz!

Keeping everything crossed lameness goes away, if it doesnt she said its off to horsepital

has anyone any experience of similar lameness?



On a positive note, we had a HHO visitor this morning

The_Psephologist came to ride Lance, LOl I said he was very lazy in the school but i think TP now realises just how lazy...I recommend radox for those aching legs LOL!

I tried to take vids and pics on TP's fabby camera, made a balls up of it though so results may be interesting, I think she wil post them later on.

 

[PaintboxEDT]

oh at last a decent vet who has come up with answerer's im glad hes going to be ok

he he TP enjoyed riding lance then,was it pony club kicking !lol

 

[Blizzard]

LOL, well Lance if he can get away with it will plod along on the forehand tripping over his own feet and head!

It is bloody hard work to get him to work properly, impulsion doesnt come into Lance's vocabularly, unless you have a carrot on a stick!

he tried his usual tricks of leaning just being lazy, falling in and generally making his life as easy as possible, typical man!

yet on a hack he is mr whizz!

TP did well though, Im sure she will have sore thigh and calf muscles tomorrow

...God Im wondering if i managed to take any good pics, black horse on fdark day with crap photographer arent a good conbination, i filmed the hedge for 1 minute thinking Lance was there and he wasnt!

Yep fingers crossed it is just bruising, the fact he is SO sound on the straight at least isolates where the pain is, bless him Beau kept stopping on the right rein because it was sore.

 

[wizoz]

My old horse used to go lame every time he was shod until I realised that the farrier was causing it! He had an odd shaped foot in front and when the farrier put the nails in the usual places, it was too far back for his foot, as it was being put into the sensitive area. It used to make him dog lame, but once I'd discovered what was going on and after a discussion with the farrier, he put one less nail in and he'd been fine every time after that.

I hope Beau gets sorted out soon

 

[PaintboxEDT]

pmsl filming the hedge that's the sort of thing i do !!!lol

yes have to keep earl collected otherwise he trips over himself he so clumsy lol !!

 

[Blizzard]

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pmsl filming the hedge that's the sort of thing i do !!!lol

yes have to keep earl collected otherwise he trips over himself he so clumsy lol !!

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Yes Lance does that, it is very hard to get him to use his back end, you end up more exhausted then he is, but he can go beautifuly with a LOT of encouragement!

He is a big horse to hold together, Im lucky with beau because he wants to do it and carries himself well, but Lance wants to make sure you are doing every bit of the work!...evil horsey!


PMSL yes I was filming away then realised she was 10metres ahead!

 

[Blizzard]

Thank you Wizoz, fingers crossed its somehing simple, he isnt good with strangers so dont relish the idea of sending him to horsepital.

 

[Pinkwellies2]

we had a mare who was only intermittantly lame and then only on a left handed circle. Vet thought we were making it up, had her trotted up and down and look sound, then finally put her on a circle, think comment was "bl***y h**l she is lame isn't she"
It turned out she has an abscess which started in her coronet band and was working its way down the foot, so only went lame when pressure on certain parts of foot. Finally burst out but took a while.

 

[Blizzard]

Thanks for that, i hadnt considered an abcess.

 

[Gorgeous George]

oh I do hope he's ok soon, at least this vet sounds like they know what their doing, fingers crossed.

 

[Equus Leather]

I had a fabby time. Lance definitely is the cure to my fat legs!

Beau is a poppet too, fingers crossed all will be well. Meant to ask the surname of the vet actually......

 

[maddielove]

good luck with finding a resolution! Maddie did something similar a wee while ago...but it was a bigger shoe she needed..we were really worried it was lammi...thank goodness it wasnt.
good luck!